Teen Book Lists

"Four teenage girls start a bootleg anime distribution ring that shakes up their conservative Christian boarding school--and their friendships." (description from catalog)

"When Gil, a Black teen from Brooklyn, struggles to fit in at his primarily white Manhattan prep school, he wages a clandestine war against the racist administration, parents, and students, while working with other Black students to ensure their voices arefinally heard." (description from catalog)

Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval goes to dangerous lengths to uncover the truth about a fatal car crash and its relation to her school's honor roll.

"Grace Welles is stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida. With a single aim of a slingshot, she accidentally saves new kid Wade Scholfield from being beat up. With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts. What are her options when she finally realizes that 1) The universe doesn't revolve around her, and 2) Wade has been hiding a dark secret. Is Grace the only person unhinged enough to save him?" (description adapted from jacket)

"To find her best friend Polly who went missing, Maren Montgomery enters into a high-stakes world she never knew existed within her boarding academy, where she is forced to play increasingly dangerous games to win Polly's survival." (description from catalog)

Seventeen-year-olds Kat Finn and Taylor Sanger, two queer bloodsuckers at an elite vampire-only boarding school, must go up against all of Vampirdom when they uncover a frightening conspiracy on campus.

"At Chandler, the elite boarding school, five teens are brought together in the Circle, a coveted writing group where life-changing friendships are born--and secrets are revealed. Their professor tells them to write their truths. But is the truth enough to change the long-standing culture of abuse at Chandler? And can their friendship survive the fallout?" (description provided by publisher)

"Avielle LeBeau is an incoming freshman at prestigious Briarcliff Preparatory School for Girls, and is excited to finally be in the same school system as her older sister Belle. Avi doesn’t take long to make new friends, but when Avi witnesses Belle’s boyfriend, the Briarcliff headmaster’s son, physically assaulting Belle, Avi struggles to advocate for justice and maintain her fledgling social life at school." (description adapted from Publisher's Weekly)

In one of the most elite private high schools in the nation, Quinn, Charlotte and Max question everything they thought they knew about themselves and the school when Quinn's sexual assault becomes public, implicating one of the top-tier athletes on campus. (description from catalog)

"Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here. It's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up." (description from catalog)

At the most elite private school in Washington, DC, whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong--buried. Shecan fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead. Now Hana's reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called 'Three' to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life. But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you'll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she's forced to face a secret of her own.-- Provided by publisher.